description: In the late 20th century some critics forecast the "death of painting" in the face of new media such as video and intallation art, yet talented new artists repeatedly brought painting back to the centre of artistic production.

image tags: Painting, direct application of pigment to a surface to produce by tones of color or of light and dark some representation or decorative arrangement of natural or imagined forms. Individual painters, e.g., Rubens; countries, e.g., Dutch art; periods...

artist

Sergei Aparin

Russia

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